Mari Petroleum Company Limited announced unaudited earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2017. For the quarter, the company reported gross sales to customers of PKR 23,051,981,000 compared to PKR 23,797,566,000 a year ago. Net Sales were PKR 8,681,506,000 compared to PKR 5,796,570,000 a year ago. Operating profit was PKR 4,091,040,000 compared to PKR 2,511,817,000 a year ago. Profit before tax was PKR 3,962,774,000 compared to PKR 2,357,264,000 a year ago. Profit for the period was PKR 3,202,323,000 or PKR 29.05 per share compared to PKR 1,846,449,000 or PKR 16.75 per share a year ago. Distributable earnings per share was PKR 1.55 compared to PKR 1.43 a year ago. For the six months, the company reported gross sales to customers of PKR 47,589,851,000 compared to PKR 49,823,112,000 a year ago. Net Sales were PKR 18,016,984,000 compared to PKR 13,059,509,000 a year ago. Operating profit was PKR 9,358,736,000 compared to PKR 6,489,801,000 a year ago. Profit before tax was PKR 9,053,867,000 compared to PKR 6,162,908,000 a year ago. Profit for the period was PKR 6,815,418,000 or PKR 61.82 per share compared to PKR 4,612,119,000 or PKR 41.83 per share a year ago. Distributable earnings per share was PKR 3.16 compared to PKR 2.93 a year ago.